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Democrats could retake Nevada Senate, Assembly this year

CARSON CITY — With the presidential caucuses now a distant memory, Nevadans can get back to what really matters: Local politics and the races that will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the Legislature in 2017.

Group protests death of wildlife refuge occupier at Nevada state Capitol

CARSON CITY – About a dozen people protesting the death of Oregon wildlife refuge occupier LaVoy Finicum lined Carson Street on Saturday in front of the Capitol grounds to bring attention to what one termed the murder of the Arizona rancher at the hands of overzealous federal authorities.

Power goes out for parts of Southern Nevada

Several areas throughout Southern Nevada lost power on Sunday, according to updates from NV Energy and Overton Power District #5.

Cutting corners is illegal on Nevada roads

There are certain things that motorists do on the road that get under everybody’s skin. Hello, road rage!

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Drug bill hits funding wall in Senate

The U.S. Senate last week took up a bill to respond to what Democrats and Republicans are calling an epidemic of opioid and heroin overdoses in the country but once again ran into a major difference over funding.

Nevada Rep. Cresent Hardy faces Trump conundrum

As Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump continues to build momentum, he casts a shadow across the down-ballot races across the U.S., including congressional races in Nevada.

Ex-Bullhead City police sergeant sentenced in rape of student

A former Bullhead City police sergeant convicted of raping a 21-year-old woman who was his criminal justice student at a local community college has been sentenced to the Arizona Department of Corrections.

Reno-area woman arrested for stabbing dog to death

Washoe County sheriff’s detectives have arrested a Reno-area woman suspected of stabbing and bludgeoning her dog to death to avoid having to pay veterinary fees to euthanize the animal.

Woman gets life in prison without parole in death of husband, a Nellis airman

Calling her crime “incredibly unfathomable,” a judge on Thursday sentenced Michelle Paet to life in prison without the possibility of parole for orchestrating a plot that left her husband, Nathan Paet, dying in his blood-soaked Air Force fatigues in front of their four children.

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